Green Grief / Hope Gathering

When Change means Beginning Again

This has been a place of beginning again - AGAIN!

When you look at the metamorphosis of a butterfly,
they grow from being a little egg
to becoming the caterpillar
to becoming the little “J” hanging from a leaf
and spinning into the Chrysalis
then emerging from the Chrysalis
to become the butterfly she was always meant to be.

That's a process that many of us have taken an interest in and have observed with great curiosity.

We recognize a pattern that translates into our own journey. While the butterfly only experiences that transformation once (it is their whole existence ), we can experience that multiple times in our lifetime.

Think about that moment for us as humans.

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When HOPE feels close...but not close enough!

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No matter where you land in the chaotic "cacophony" (defined as a harsh discordant mixture of sounds), you are exposed to thoughts and emotions swirling feverishly around in our families, communities, schools, ...everywhere it seems. Whether or not you find yourself fearful or anxious, you are most likely in contact with someone in your world who is very much both. It is one thing to deal with our own feelings about the world's situation, but quite another to deal with someone else's- especially when it is on a global scale.

Several things stand out to me specifically in the uniqueness of this experience.

  1. This is a time when we have been forced to STOP whatever we were doing in our lives and pay attention….